Show Vb Jy L A i gj a wine R R RB B C ROE COPYRIGHT PORAN Co Il e WN W N V SERVICE SYNOPSIS S Seeking 11 death to pe nc dishon- dishon dishonor or or at tho th of a drunken d dee dee- des desperado s Sonya Son a Sl allows allow her her- herself her her self to b be saved by her repentant attacker The Tir girl I to II a self sIf appoint appoint- appointed ed cd physician to th the Navajo Indians on an Arizona Arlona sheep cheep ranch with her brother Serge Scree and his Ife Lila Sh She la Is engaged to Rodney wealthy New Yorker but her heart I le Is with th the friendless I Jos ava-Jos joe jos and she h evades a wedding Sonya pull pulse pulls LIttI Little Lillie Moon wife of To T Fingers I a a Navajo through the th crisis crisi of an Illness Two T 0 ringers Fingers is II deeply grateful Sonya again meets the man who had Insulted her lIe Ito II tells tell her he h bitterly reo re- regrets re-crets re grets his action notion Sonya Is unforgiving unforgiving giving On Lone Ione I on Mt Me l a she sho fh agaIn comes upon the th strange Soung oung man hen s hen he h r reiterates it rates his sorrow orrow oser o his misconduct she h Indicates for for- forg S or g eess Days Da s later at a n dance he tells her his hi right name Is Starr Stone but that he h goes by a D differ differ- different different ent name nam In this region lie Ho H departs with Ith a till t fierce Mexican wIth whom hom he h Is I mysteriously assocIated associated Sonya Son n a with Ith a D f feeling of shame realizes she th Is falling In Inlove lose 10 e with an outlaw An Influenza epidemic among th the Indians keeps her busy for tor or many days da s Stone really greatly 1 I kelps elps her In her care forth for forthe the tho strict en on Navajos Na Sona Sonya and Stono tono theIr love lov for each other Rodney Blako comes to Ar- Ar Ar Arizona izona from New Nw fork ork V With him Isa Is Isa a 8 secret ecret service operator on the tho trail of Mexican opium smugglers serge erge remembering an Incident at a dance connects Ston Stone with tle tl-e smugglers and Sonya Son a Is to forced reed to admit to herself that the th man she chloves 10 loses es le Is I Involved In the th nefarious trams traffic CHAPTER IX Continued IX Continued 10 10 It lt was ns far past noon when she tied Darl Dad ness to the hitch hitching In rail blond bes and the general store ind climbed the worn scorn steps to the porch At the hollow sound of her booted feet on the floor Par Parl s fat and oily end wide Ide e eyed ed came S ss swiftly from the open door of the back bacle region relon of ot the store He lie was nas putting some thin In the pocket of ot his white lInen vest test t as ns he came and fumbled his damp hand free to greet erect herSon her herSon Sonya Son a hated to shale e a hands this man who ho ah insisted on the formality There was something so 60 unctuous about him a e sense of common understanding which Irritated her hose hiow as he readied reached out his hand the small object which he had so hastily hidden in the sagging pocket tumbled out It struck the floor with a n strange sound of weight eight and for some rca reason on Sonya Son a stooped and picked It up even 1 I the man could catch rotch It is It fell I 11 take tahe It be he said quickly give It here But nut for or some come dim rea reason on con Sony on i t held the little thing thins and at nt It curiously It waa aB a n flat narrow can about the size f of the little can In which Serge erge got his tobacco for his pipe and It was shaped HI much the same having a round rounded ell top and a lot flit bottom But nut there here the similarity ceased for this container was mide of ot solid brass and noli thickly and beautifully ell carved with sith Chinese characters while at the lower ed e the small belligerent figur e of alighting a n fighting cock stood boldly out In has bas relief And It was unbelievably heavy herry for Its sire This Thib much site she saw and felt be before before before fore the proprietor of the store reached out fWd a d took tool It from her so 0 quickly as ns to be rude lIe He tiny snatched It anti and dropped It once more In the sagging pocket this time mat mal ing sure it sas as wa safely In Then lie he laughed unctuously rub rubBing rubbing Bing his hie wet palms together A new v tobacco Miss s Son on i 1 he stid for tin f my personal use use Ver Vu Very elect f and I may say sn costly 1 how ow what hat cm I do for vou you Looking at nt him curiously Sonya Sona Son her small purchases and he bustled about getting gelling them from shelf and Lila bin And turning Idly tile the tirl looked directly Into two t dark faces under hats shish peered furtively at nt her from around the door Jamb She Che knew v with a thrill of portent tint they were sere ere the same two tso men whom hom she he had seen that day long hack with fink Starr Stone when llen he had Ind brought her lier purchases es out to the car In Parks place Chilled and frightened she gath end her things and went swiftly out mounted Darkness and rode from the to town n at a long lope She I knew Instinctively that the she hid stumbled on something of Importance Importance Importance tance and that Parks was HIS In some Lome dim was W a part of ot It ItOh it Oh what was wn It nil all al about I Where was Starr tarr Stone and what would his master do to him Starr Slone Stone and Ione and Paris ParI and s-and and planes and and sent east from somewhere ome JI re along alon the about the about middie-about middle about here She he knew deep knew deep lo to her heart she ehe t knew shat Knew what hat Mr l Marston would gh gise e a n lot to know kno what he had come here to find Whit Wint Rod Hod e c could help him find Ind it if he knew kne Rod Hod Blake Rod Blake Rod Blake make on Starr Stone Stones s trail lIe He would be as ns unrelenting unrelenting unrelenting lenting as ns Ll LI If It once he knew nIl all the shinIng things the sweet tiling things 8 that Sonya knew kne the dark things the evil c 11 things which she knew too The whole hole terrIble thing wis 18 too much for one girl s losing 10 In heart to hold and Son Sonya a felt as If It the bottom were falling from the er universe e as ns If It soon she and all her little world orId would be bc destroyed And then from high up and far fari faraway faraway I i 1 away ny a n sound fell on her ears the thin small sound of engines In the She blue coming rapidly nc stopped and 1001 ed up anxiously and presently she saw It-a It It a tiny speck that grew and lowered lowered until It was tins circling 0 over oter er her seel lug n a place to land It was ns the thc little gray ship she hind had seen before the PO powerful erful blunt blunt- nosed blunt nosed thing which shish could land and oft off with Ith such Incredible swiftness sw s lit ness It was as down do n its bouncing tall stilled 11 ell Its engine throttled down O but running and a man was climb cUmb- climbing lug ing In over 0 os er the side coming to toward her across s the sand W 11 is lS it could It be Starr Stone She peered hard for or i t glint gUnt c ot of hron e hilr beneath his bis helmet but but could not see It nor his e eyes es behind the disfiguring goggles And then he wis here close at Darkness head and his hind w wison lS is ison on the bit bit She saw sn then that he I t was as dirk a le tint another like him was coming from the ship anti and and then stark drama took tool the sl s1 lence ind the still shadows shado s 1 lor or Sonia Sonva Som n S1 fighting for her life came out of or her siddle saw ness staling silling awty In a pinic or of frIght his has empty stirrups flying flying- lying felt the stud gh giving gating Ing under lien her stub stubborn stubborn stubborn born feet saw the ship loom hinge Is her brought her bel struggling struggling struggling gling to It felt It-felt felt her hands held be her She was as lifted up and put over 0 er the side Into the gray leather scat cent a n strap was ns buckled tightly around her The man who ho hlll hid first approached her climbed Into the pilot s sent seat the other squeezed in somewhere at nt her ber and side the engine roared for a moment the plane quivered ered surged thead surged faster Its tall tail came Caine up and almost Immediately the fast ast spread of ot the desert began to drop droll 1 beneath With a gasp gall ga p stilled stifled on her ashen ahen lips Sonya Son a was as away n among the stars CHAPTER X I I Across th the Rio Grande GrandeT world orld and all nIl it held were TIU T gone They The were herded south I South toward to Mexico 1 I It was LI Capitan Diablo who had bad her ber In his grip I Ilet let ct 1 et El CI Capitan was was was-he he must be rIdIng riding slowly 1510 ly south somewhere some here Inthe In Inthe inthe the dark land lery V cry ery soon her heart leaped to tobel her bel throat for or the ship was as falling Al v i it r t a f Ti k kr r A A AA AY Ay Y y ArA rA J I And Then Stark Drama Took the Silence and the th Still Shadows Shadow by the nose it seemed going oln sharp sharply sharply ly Iy do down don n And then she siw V some lights spread on the flat flut darkness a landing field fieldIn fieldIn fieldIn In an Incredibly incredible short time the feeling of ot falling passed and the ship came level leel le el again touched bounced lifted and came to rest ret on the Birth cirth The man behind her reached around her un buck led her hu safety strap put his hands under her armpits armpit c and lifted her to her feet If If you ou pIe please lse I he lill in I 1 n fish and Sor n climbed out Into the arms anus of or the pilot idiot She looked around nt around at a leHI 11 field ell a n hangar another nother gray ship beyond be ond Its open doors door nIl all plainly visible In the life floodlights studded the field s four corners hen 1 hen the two t 0 Mexicans tool took lien her arms and they all nil walked across the lighted space and out Into the i moonlit darkness r ne s beyond ond a grove of trees here the lights of ot a low lo loI I wide Ille adobe house houe shone dimly n a adoor adoor door stool 1 open two women In dark low how necked dresses n waited In Inside inside Inside side La La Senorita the pilot said to them In Spanish b lou ou ou will take her to the guest chamber and chamber and bear benr her There was sas a n marked sl In the last few v words Si SI II the older of ot the women said briefly I I s will ill III take good care or of hei het Sonva Sonya Son n speaking Spanish ns as a well ns as they listened tensely And And tender ten tIer cue care Carlotta theman the theman man said smiling She Is as ns you can cnn see very beautiful I like this white skin s sunned sunnell though I it is and the curls In the hair Iam I Iam Iam am glad ri rt Diablo cires only for tor pure gold blondes You You Sou should wait alt at nt least the masters s decision as ns to what he likes lI Manuel Mnnuel the woman said nut But why shy hy did Quatro send her Because she site caught him red handed with a five fi tae tad roel can of or black the molasses the the blundering fool to approach anyone an one with whit Ith that in sight ell 11 ell care for the pretty thing Car Carlotti until El 11 returns 11 e a 11 II all 1 1 now more then And with Ith a look looh a at t Sony Sonya from under his let le level leel el black bro vs s he be bebo bowed bo cd and left the house bouse If It if thee Senorita w eel come corne me the woman said In ful English lou lou would wo eat ent Drink Some wine nine before you sleep r ho 1 0 o think you ou said Sonya She stood hesitantly her hands clasped before her She had no possessions pos possessions possessions sessions to pick up She had hind lost her hat the first firt moment In the plane And site she realized suddenly that she was weary eary to the bone Whatever bate er was to happen to her hershe she would not help any by giving way wiy to fear car ind worry I would sleep senora enora f she he said saidI I am nm er very tired I IThe The Tint woman roman went to i t table tible or of dark darb polished wood and picked up upa upa upa a candle burning steadily In a 8 sll sil ter er candlestick Sonya Son a n followed her guide guhle do down n n a dirk between 1 thick adobe walls ails and Into a n spacious high celled room Here the woman left her and soon returned with sill Ith a pitcher or of cold water and a silver er cup She asked again if the desired an nn anything thing more morl and departed Sonya was ns to hear the falling of abar a abar abar bar across the heavy y door Slowly I she undressed herself blew out the candle cindle But nut a n thought to her suddenly and she went ent softly to the one window in the deep walls aIls It was closely haired barred Ith Iron and set hard in the old ot adobe Ind ind on a n little stone flagged yard ard belo belos the tir two women were ere just seating them themselves es el In low chairs They were ere soft of ot manner gentle gentles s seeming and they carried fins fans In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hot moonlight She was to be cm cared ell for to for to the very erv letter of the law laid down by Manuel I I am on Thy lap 0 Lord II the girl said Inaudibly Ihy 1 hy will sail bedone be bedone bedone done then men she laid her tired bodion bod body on the bed and went to sleep bleep Late morning waked her or per It was sas the tir sound of ot the tir bar being slid from Its slot outside thedoor the thedoor thedoor door She opened her eyes to see seethe seethe the senora with a little v s tray trayon on which were coffee steaming Ina In an Ina ana a tiny pot luscious fruit eggs In Ina Ina Ina a cup and bread made of some dark flour The woman smiled at nt her a crinkling of ot all her brown bro face and Sonva Sonya smiled back bick Good Goot morning senora she In h I thank you ou for tor these things Good morning senorita the woman I ope you ou sleep veree fine Yes I did cud lId getting out of the bed In her lien plain under undergarments undergarments garments garment she had been forced to use as ns ear and I would eat cat She washed her hands and faceIn face faceIn facein In the ancient bowl where here the senora had pou Li 2 the water from the pitcher dried on the tir towel to I she gave her from her arm arm Then she dressed 11 sat down by the table near nar the Iron barred window and tell fell to with a n will III She was as young and very ery huno and the excellent food put heart In her for what hat the thed's Ib ds might bring It brought only the senors again to take the things oa anav anns and the hours dia ged on leiden feet She sat by the win tin In low looking out across the stone fin fin- fini Yard vend nt at th i- i till tree trees of the grove grovo through which she lied hall come the night be before before tore fore And Anti the diy day d dro drowsed sed Itself away awa brainI try ns as a she would could her moiling molting brain I not relax Thoughts Thought raced through It one on the heels of the other w hat lied to Starr Stone Where here was sas he v hat Nhat would n rl do with him him her So o it as opium which Parks had dropped at her feet In Inthe inthe sheI the heavy brn brass s antl and she ha having seen It was sas ns a u menace to f them nil all And n rI Diablo took few tew chances with pith Ith those who ho 1 knew new too much lIe crucified He crucified them There was no mercy mere merc In that wild dirk duk fact or of his A somin who into ho knew kites too much was just jut a source oC or danger to himself nothing more I 1 at the inks the bs the I 1 lland land owner of ot a sim simpie pIe store at a lost little station on the cross continent railroad I who ho could so send end small flit lit cans of ot to ew 1 fork lork city citi In crates crate of or Innocent produce pi lettuce 81 sty ii I from the thc Impel valley or even en bales ot of hides She knew v now why she hid nl always disliked him h why shy she had felt a n repugnance nance to his speech the oily handshake And it was Parks who ho had sent the |